72 the first of them

While the five of then sneak out the great hall, Fudge was becoming apoplectic, Dumbledore was dead, House Potter was just declared extinct, and they lost alongside two old powerful House, the day was a disaster.

"What are you waiting for?! Go arrest the boy!" scream Fudge at Amelia. Before anyone could move, another delegation enters the hall.

"I fear that will not be possible, Minister."

"You are you to tell me what I can do, I have the Minister of Magic!"

"I know, but, like any country members, you also fall under the supervision of the ICW, Witch I represent. I originally came for a criminal, but as he is already dead, we will simply dispose of the corpse."At his word, two wizards came forth, magicking the body in a white cloth.

"The headmaster had wished to rest in the ground of Hogwarts, you can't take is body away!" Says McGonagall.

"Not only I can but I will do it. Albus Brian Dumbledore is or was a wanted criminal from the ICW. Criminals don't choose their resting place, he will be incinerated and his cinders dispersed in the Mediterranean sea."

"Criminal?" It was only now that they register the fact.

"Quite so, Mr.Dumbledore has housed a wanted criminal for the last 50 years after faking its death and willfully accept the monetary reward for the head of one Gelert Grindelwald. It was only this morning that the head of says man was delivered by Alexander Evans (One of his elves while bearing his crest on its uniform.). As Mr. Dumbledore is now dead, the ICW is unable to recover the price of the bounty from the British bank of Gringotts, as Mr.Dumbledore have been reintegrated to his office as a chief warlock by your Minister, it incumbent the Ministry to pay for the initial bounty as well as a fine of 1% of the total bounty, for each year. As the bounty was 10,000,000.00G, and with the past 49 years, the Ministry of magic is to pay in full the 14,900,000.00G or 15,000,000.00G before the end of the 31 December 1995."

While the rest of the British community makes head around those last crushing blow to Dumble's image and the enormous debt he left them with, Alex has taken the girls to the outside of the castle wards, unwilling to let them know about the elves for the moment. They had left the tree brooms he creates, to bring them to the territory.

Before they could ride, Alex calls on the little bird that had followed them.

"Miss Delacour, we are about to go somewhere else and won't be back for a long time, if you have something to say, says it now."

Surprised and a little ashamed to have been caught, she cast off her disillusionment charm and looks at him. Seeing her faint blush and that she didn't seems willing to speaks, he sighs while Susan and Hermione were confused at the act of the older girl, leaving only Luna with a knowing smirk on her face.

"Alright, come with us, but you must know that I will ask for you a secrecy oath on what you will see, is that alright with you?"

Nodding again without a word, he takes them out of the bushes they had been hidden. Their sight draws quite the reaction.

"Alex is that...?"

"Nimbus 2000?" Ask him to Susan, making her nod." No, they are not, they're too slow it would take us a few hours to go there otherwise, those are mine. A put as much security on them as possible but I will take Hermione with me, the three of you will need to share the two others."

Hearing this, Hermione feels relief, she wasn't one for brooms and would have drag everyone behind. While she takes place behind him and clutches tightly on him, Susan and Luna share one, leaving Fleur one for herself.

"Try to follow, Hermione close your eyes."

Following his instruction, she feels nothing different and until he asks her to open them, she was still thinking that they hadn't moved. When she cracks one open, she saw their surrounding blur under a speed she is sure to still unreached by modern automobile. The four girls couldn't belive themselves, no sound, no wind, and perfectly stable brooms bring them to a tall wall in the middle of large plains in less than ten minutes. Looking back, they could see the faint outline of the castle.

Passing the gates, who close after them, they mount the broom again and fly to the two lone standing buildings. Contrary to their through, he made his way to the midnight blue house, leaving open the door behind him. When they enter, even Hermione was awed by the futurist design of an interior coming straight from a 2020 art Deco revue. White pieces of furniture with simple and stylized lines with beige and taupe walls, giving the large unique open room a homely feeling.

leading them to the living room, the girls sat in large comfy couches made for easily four people each, positioned in a wide arc with a coffee table each and facing a large crystal screen on the wall. They couldn't help but look all around at those unknown sights.

Ignorant their inquisitive gaze he looks at fleur.

"I think it is time for you to tell why you have followed us till their miss Delacour."

"Fleur, please."

"Alright, Fleur, so?"

Taking a long breath to calm and steel herself before looking at him straight in the eyes and taking a serious expression.

"What do you know about Veela?"

"Not enough to hazard a guess and became offending without knowing, but it has something to do with it, doesn't it?"

"Mates." Whisper Luna while her eyes widen as if she understands what it was about.

All look at her before gazing at Fleur who starts to fidgets as her fellow blonde discover the truth.

"Yes, mates, Veelas are being of passion and magic, we are attracted once in our life to our perfect match, should one find it, she would approach him and confront him in order to evaluate his worth. While it not a single individual, more a smattering of the possible best for each of us, a Veela would never steal the man of another witch..." Says her while looking at Susan.

"... And you have reacted to me while also learning about the betrothal." Finish Alex for her to nod sadly, her eyes moistening at the confirmation that he was already taken and she acts too late.

Before the poor girl's hope was completely crushed, he spoke.

"It's the reason that I wanted to speak to Sussan and Hermione. While linked by the contract, Amelia Bones still have the power to break the engagement because I have threatened the existence of House Bones. While I possess a solution, you must understand two things. First, you would stop to be part of House Bones, freeing you for your aunt's control. But while you would break free from one side, you would fall under me on the other hand. If you go through this knows that their no ways out, you would be mine until your death." announce seriously Alex to the girls." It's the same for you, Hermione, I can help but you would need to cut any left relation with others as I would become your only worries. This is a life long and irreversible commitment."

The three of them were quite shocked at his words, to their knowledge, the nearest thing to his word where vampire peerage, but even then the turned still have a little liberty.

As Alex let them think about it, Luna jump on him.

"Me!"

"What? Why? Don't you have your father still left Luna?"

"Daddy is long since gone, ever since mommy died, he wasn't the same anymore and just wait for me to found my path before he rejoins mommy."

He nods sadly at the little blonde and asks for one of the elves to fetch him stationary for Luna. While she was writing her letter, Chione snoops in, landing on one of the available perch he made all around the house for her and her brood. What he wasn't expecting was for another owl to land in front of Luna and raise its paw for her to fix the letter before eagerly take off to deliver her first missive.

Resuming the previous conversation, he looks at Fleur.

"What about you? Truthfully I don't know how you would react to this but should you want me, I won't reject you, but you must be sure of yourself before even thinking of accepting."

Hearing him, she was overjoyed that she still had a chance and that he was ready to accept her. She already knows that once she bound with her mate, she would devote herself completely to him, so the fact that she would have to separate from her family was non-existent, to begin with.

"Your the first to have ever made me react, if you would have me, I'm yours." Says her with a beautiful smile, free of her worries, knowing that she would finally be able to settle. To only frown a little, looking around.

"Is there something else?"

"My mother and sister, could they also came here?"

"What about..." He was about to ask for her father but shut mid-sentence, if she asks for the two, it must be that their situation isn't the best.

"They won't become like you, but I could always house guests." Fleur positively lit up at this, taking the stationary from Luna while a second owl swoops in.

Truth to be told the two others didn't have to thinks about it for long, for Susan, she would belong to her beloved, fulfilling her secret fantasy and for Hermione, her relations with her parents only worsen with the years to the point that only her scholar result have any valor, they hadn't voiced concern when they learn that she would be pawned off to an old Household.

""Made us yours.""

"Alright, you have two choices available, the first one would bring the less change, you would become of my kind, free to act as you want. The second would be more personal, your mind will go through a slight shift in the sense that I would become something akin to your alpha. That signifies social rank among you."

They blank a little before they nod, the notion was a little like the British Wizard society but would be instinctual rather than discriminatory.

"Before you spoke, know that the second solution isn't available to you, Hermione and Luna, Susan, and won't until your 17, it's a physical and magical limit that I have no hold on. You will change when your body feels that you ready."

Luna's smile didn't change as she was already knowing, but Susan pouts while Hermione nod.

Seeing that they didn't object, he says. "I will start with Luna, to let you have an idea of what would happen and make your choice easier. Luna came here please."

Following his order without delay, she plops on his lap, freeing her neck of her hair, letting him access to her collarbone. Under the scrutiny of the girls, Alex let his real features appear. All three let a small gasp escape their lips when they see his hair turn pure white with near-invisible artic blue specks. The same blue appears in place of his mesmerizing green eyes, but what attracts the most their gaze was the two round hears at the top of his head and the fluffy long tail sprouting. seeing their shocked gaze, he says.

"I'm different from Were, Veela, or Animagus. This gift came from my blood and will also be yours, the moment you accept me, you also choose to forshake your previous species for mine. This is your last chance." When he saw them shake their head, he nods before sinking his sharp teeth, in the little girl on his lap, neck.

Contrary to what they were thinking, the act didn't bring her pain when they hear the soft moans she release. If before he would have needed to turn them with his blood, everything change when he absorbs Lupin blood, and alongside what was responsible for their lycanthropy. While it still didn't change to a disease, he starts to produce a venom that would turn their target into a lesser Evans, until they mature.

Having chosen the left side because of its proximity to the heart, they didn't have to wait long before change starts to appear. Round dirty blonde ears slowly form on her head as a tail made it way under the skirt of her uniform. When he raised his head, the bite slowly closes before vanishing leaving not a single mark.